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Central, Western, and Southern MN Small Grain Winter Workshops

January 06, 2016

University of Minnesota Extension is offering five Small Grain Winter Workshops in Central, Western, and Southern MN in January and February to address small grain production.

Click here for copy of brochureRow crop farming brings busy spring and fall workloads. There are also pests common to row crops, including herbicide resistant weeds, soybean cyst nematodes, soybean aphid, diseases and corn rootworm. Small grains added to a rotation may offer opportunities to diversify cropping systems in central and southern Minnesota to manage these challenges.

The first objective of this program is to help farmers determine if small grains can work on their farm, in their rotation, and if it can be sustainable over time. The second objective is to hand farmers the tools needed to make small grain a successful crop in their operation. This includes information on production agronomics, variety selection, disease identification and fungicide use, fertility, quality, equipment, and economics.

Time will be set aside for open forum to discuss related topics and on farm experiences.